| BRUNOMARS | American musician |
| AXL | ___ Rose, American musician (3) |
| LOVE | Courtney _, often controversial American musician (4) |
| DOMINO | Fats - - - - - -, American musician (6) |
| LOU | American musician, --- Reed |
| NILE | Mr. Rodgers, American musician/producer |
| KANYE | American musician, --- West |
| ART | American musician and actor, --- Garfunkel (3) |
| MICHAEL | American musician (originally one of 5) (7,7) |
| JACKBLACK | American musician and actor known for his role in School Of Rock and as the voice of the Kung Fu Pan |
| ORPHEUS | Hero playing piano inside, American musician inspiring many (7) |
| ZAPPA | American musician importing a couple of pianos into South Africa |
| RYCOODER | American musician, songwriter, film score composer, and record producer (2,6) |
| ALICIAKEYS | American musician who co-founded and is the Global Ambassador of the nonprofit organization Keep a Child Alive: 2 wds. |
| DAVEGROHL | American musician who was the drummer for Nirvana and lead vocalist of Foo Fighters: 2 wds. |
| FRANKZAPPA | American musician, leader of the band The Mothers of Invention (5,5) |
| AOKI | Steven Hiroyuki ___ American musician who was one of the highest paid disc jockeys of 2019 |
| ALPERT | Herb ___, American musician who is the A of A & M Records |
| DESI | ___ Arnaz, Cuban-born American musician and actor, was married to Lucille Ball (4) |
| BOPPER | The Big ---, American musician who died in a 1959 plane crash along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens (6) |
